As the title goes. I see the amount of scammers is on the rise with a lot of accounts pretending to be owners of pets and ripping unsuspecting people off with their "cheap prices" and fake photos. I believe a step forward would be for admin to ban (I hope that's possible on nairaland) found scammers (with evidence) off the site. Evidence could include proof that they don't own the pictures uploaded, chat receipts from persons that have been ripped off or even reoccurring scam numbers/usernames that people spot.

chai even animal section sef!!

To an extent it's not possible. This forum thrives off members' participation. The more threads these yahoo boys open the more the admin can brag about people engaging in the site. The more people who get scammed open threads with tales of woe the more the admin can brag about daily visitors. Daily visitors to this site coupled with their intellectual contributions whether inane or useful = $$$ to one anonymous man in Ogun state's account, paid loyal moderators and more money to promote the forum.

Funny enough I have never seen advertisements of this forum both online and off. It seems the admin is satisfied with a word of mouth medium.

meobizy:
To an extent it's not possible. This forum thrives off members' participation. The more threads these yahoo boys open the more the admin can brag about people engaging in the site. The more people who get scammed open threads with tales of woe the more the admin can brag about daily visitors. Daily visitors to this site coupled with their intellectual contributions whether inane or useful = $$$ to one anonymous man in Ogun state's account, paid loyal moderators and more money to promote the forum.

Funny enough I have never seen advertisements of this forum both online and off. It seems the admin is satisfied with a word of mouth medium.

It is very possible bro, if the site is viewed as a scam site eventually, there will be little or no visitors. Take olx for example, when scammers filled everywhere on olx, people stopped visiting, they ve rebranded several times ND ve tried to keep d scams at bay, but people hardly trust dem anymore.
But truth is dt dey re be better

Eveezy:

It is very possible bro, if the site is viewed as a scam site eventually, there will be little or no visitors. Take olx for example, when scammers filled everywhere on olx, people stopped visiting, they ve rebranded several times ND ve tried to keep d scams at bay, but people hardly trust dem anymore.
But truth is dt dey re be better

OLX was not a forum though and people will always come here to vent about the government. The politics section is this forum's selling point and will thrive whether scammers run down the forum or not.

The worst that can happen here if scammers win is no one will buy and/or sell products again. Chatting about rubbish and the use of stupid memes however, will still continue.

okwabayi:

OLX was not a forum though and people will always come here to vent about the government. The politics section is this forum's selling point and will thrive whether scammers run down the forum or not.

The worst that can happen here if scammers win is no one will buy and/or sell products again. Chatting about rubbish and the use of stupid memes however, will still continue.

How else could one be scammed again? Not everyone come here to be chatting ND d rest, some are here for strictly business, when they find out how much of a scam most people that visit the forum are, they would stop

meobizy:
To an extent it's not possible. This forum thrives off members' participation. The more threads these yahoo boys open the more the admin can brag about people engaging in the site. The more people who get scammed open threads with tales of woe the more the admin can brag about daily visitors. Daily visitors to this site coupled with their intellectual contributions whether inane or useful = $$$ to one anonymous man in Ogun state's account, paid loyal moderators and more money to promote the forum.

Funny enough I have never seen advertisements of this forum both online and off. It seems the admin is satisfied with a word of mouth medium.

yeah, well I believe the Nigerian internet is evolving and in a couple of years Nairaland would have to evolve from this old style or it could get overrun. that said, letting yahoo boys and scammers alike roam these streets freely isn't how to run a business and if that's how the owner and moderators actually think, then they are part of Nigerias problems. as much as possible and in every conceivable area, we ought to, as Nigerians, push for the change we want to see on the larger scale if not then we are actually okay with mediocrity (which I sometimes think we are) and not ready to make Nigeria better. The moderators need to do better and make their online environment safe for all forms of communication and transaction. The traffic would undoubtedly follow.